Dr. Joseph Antognini collection

Identifier
irn39677
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.94
  • RG-10.500
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39677

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joseph Antognini

Dr. Joseph Antognini donated this photograph album to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on April 13, 2010. He purchased the album for two dollars in June 1945 while stationed in Munich as part of the 38th AAA Brigade of the United States Army.

Scope and Content

Consists of a small photograph album entitled "From out of the Dachau Concentration Camp," which was sold in June 1945 in a photography shop owned by Hans Uschold in Munich, Germany. The album, which contains thirty mass produced photographs taken after the liberation of Dachau, was purchased by Corporal Joseph Antognini, who was stationed in Munich with the 38th AAA Brigade.

People

  • Antognini, Joseph.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Concentration camps--Germany--Dachau--Pictorial works.

Genre

  • Photo albums.
  • Document
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